A Rare Presentation of Imperforate Hymen: A Case Report

A Rare Presentation of Imperforate Hymen: A Case Report

Introduction. Acute urinary retention in a child is rare. Haematocolpos can cause a mechanical obstruction, resulting in acute urinary retention. Case Report. A 12-year-old girl presented to the surgical department with a one-day history of acute urinary retention and suprapubic tenderness. She had not started menses but had described period-like pains every month for the past six months. On ex...

A Case of Imperforate Hymen

A Case of Imperforate Hymen

?was brought to me on the 6th April, 1926, for relief of retention of urine. She gave a history of difficulty in micturition for the past fortnight, with great pain during defaication; and for the last three days had had complete constipation and retention with overflow of urine. 'When she was being prepared for cat'heterisation, a condition of completely imperforate hymen was discovered. Enqui...

Imperforate Hymen Complicated with Genital Mutilation: A Case Report

There are an estimated 130 million victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) worldwide, mostly in Africa, and two million such procedures are performed every year. FGM is associated with many immediate and long-term complications. This study examines a case of an imperforated hymen in a premenarcheal adolescent girl presented with acute retention of urine. Eight months prior, she was treated i...

Neurofibroma: Report of a rare clinical presentation

Neurofibroma is a tumor composed of a complex proliferation of neuromesenchymal tissue (Schwann cells, perineural cells, fibroblast, and mast cells). We report a 45-year-old female who had a slow growing, large, soft, pedunculated mass on her left lateral neck. A skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of neurofibroma.